A map of stars, planets, meteor showers, galaxies and nebulae.
SkEye | Astronomy — description
SkEye is a planetarium that can also be used as a PUSHTO guide for telescopes.
Get familiar with the sky by identifying stars, planets, and constellations. For the dedicated sky-gazers there are meteor showers, bright comets and deep sky objects from the Messier and NGC catalogs.
If you have a telescope, just strap the phone onto the OTA to get a PUSHTO guide!
‣ Features • Time machine : Jump to any date in past or future • Real time Alt-Azimuth and Equatorial coordinates • Messier objects • mini-NGC catalog (subset of ~180 bright objects) • Solar system objects including all 8 planets and the 4 Galilean moons • Meteor showers, including Perseids, Geminids, Leonids • Night Mode • Search, with a guiding arrow • Alt-Azimuth, Equatorial grid • Aligned mode, for PUSHTO guidance
‣ Queries? Send an email to hi.skeye@gmail.com.
‣ Tips: • For better accuracy, calibrate the magnetic sensors by waving the phone in a figure-8 motion of your hands. • For advanced use read: https://lavadip.com/skeye/docs.html • If you would like to help with translations: https://crowdin.com/project/skeye
‣ App Permissions • Location: to determine accurate position of celestial objects • Bluetooth: to support remote sensors
Latest version
Version
9.8.0
Update
Nov 16, 2025
Package ID
com.lavadip.skeye
What's new
Nov 16, 2025
Major change!
The app now lets the user update the comet data through the internet without waiting for me to package a new release. To update the data go to Settings -> Catalogs -> Comets and click "Update".
Note: This feature requires the Internet permission. I resisted adding the feature for so long because I wanted to avoid the Internet permission. But given that interesting comets have been appearing in quick succession, I had to support this feature along with the additional permission.